The Forgotten Heroes of Bangkaan
Romolo and Margarita Remo in their house in San Francisco, CA
Bangkaan
is a small part of Cuenca, a town in Batangas, Philippines. It is the place
where my aunt and uncle spent most of their lives before moving here in the
United States. My aunt and uncle are “The Forgotten Heroes of Bangkaan,”
because they helped a lot of people in our place (Bangkaan). They sent most of
my cousins to college, paid for other relatives’ healthcare bill, and lastly,
sent money to whoever needs it or whoever asks for it. However, now that they
are not as well off as they were few years ago, people do not call them as
much. And, now they feel less loved, less needed, and forgotten. Being
forgotten by the people they love is I think one of the most painful things
they have experienced.
Romolo
and Margarita are my uncle and aunt. Margarita is my dad's oldest sister; in
fact I got my middle name "Margarita" from her. My uncle has been
here since 1976, a year and a half after arriving in the United States he went
back to the Philippines to marry my aunt. Since then, they've been living here
in the United States. They occasionally go back to the Philippines to
visit.
The
interview is generally about their lives in the Philippines; their childhood
and their education. We also talked about the processed they have to go through
in order to go here in the United States, and the jobs they had. Lastly, we
talked about how working here, changed not just their lives, but also the lives
of their families back in the Philippines.
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